The happy waterman; or, Honesty the best policy. To which are added, The boy of Dundee. And The gardener and rose tree. Suitable for Sabbath-school readings.

ID 18590
Title The happy waterman; or, Honesty the best policy. To which are added, The boy of Dundee. And The gardener and rose tree. Suitable for Sabbath-school readings.
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Signed Author [Anonymous]
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Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 24
Date of Publication 1819
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Imprint Printed & sold by Lincoln & Edmands, no. 53 Cornhill.
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Location of Printing Boston US
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Length (cm) 13
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Notes AAS Notes:
Probably by Hannah More. "From the Cheap repository."--p. [3].
"Hymn. Mysteries of Providence."--p. 15. Without music.
"Sabbath morning."--p. 16. In verse.
"The boy of Dundee. (From the London evan. magazine.)"--p. [17]-20.
"The gardener and rose-tree. The following beautiful, pathetic lines ... were written by the late Rev. Samuel Pearce, of Birmingham, (Eng) addressed to Mrs. J. H--, on the death of her child. March 12, 1798."--p. [21]-24. In verse.
"Lincoln & Edmands, agents, in Boston, for the New England Tract Society, keep for sale ... tracts, at the low price of a mill a page ..."--advertisement, back cover.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
"Hymn for children. (From the Boston recorder.)--p. [2]. Without music.
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American Antiquarian Society copy A in yellow wrapper with vignette of flowers on the front cover. Part of the Helen & Benjamin Tighe Collection of American Children's Books. The collection is the gift to AAS of Elisabeth Ball, 1969. Some wood engravings hand-colored, probably by a former owner. Inscribed: Rebeccah Duke to Mary Ann D. Mitchell, August the 30th, 1819.
American Antiquarian Society copy B in pink wrapper with vignette of a tree on the front cover. The bequest of d'Alté A. Welch. Inscribed: B.W. Metcalf, no. 29.
American Antiquarian Society copy C in blue wrapper with vignette of a ship on the front cover. Inscribed: Abigail W. Howe.
Hand-Verified No
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More, Hannah, Pearce, Samuel. The happy waterman; or, Honesty the best policy. To which are added, The boy of Dundee. And The gardener and rose tree. Suitable for Sabbath-school readings.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 18590, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/18590. Accessed 2025-11-04. 

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